Bill Text: NY A00333 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 333

Introduced

Bill Title: Authorizes the presence of epinephrine auto-injector devices on pre-school premises.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to health [A00333 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A00333-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           333

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     January 4, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  authorizing  the
          presence of epinephrine auto-injector devices on pre-school premises

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of  section  3000-c  of  the
     2  public  health  law,  as  amended by chapter 194 of the laws of 2021, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (a) "Eligible person or entity" means: (i)  an  ambulance  service  or
     5  advanced  life support first response service; a certified first respon-
     6  der, firefighter in a city, town or village having a population of  less
     7  than  one  million,  emergency medical technician, or advanced emergency
     8  medical technician, who is employed by or an enrolled member of any such
     9  service; (ii) a children's overnight camp as defined in subdivision  one
    10  of  section  thirteen  hundred  ninety-two of this chapter, a summer day
    11  camp as defined in subdivision two of section thirteen  hundred  ninety-
    12  two  of this chapter, a traveling summer day camp as defined in subdivi-
    13  sion three of section thirteen hundred ninety-two of this chapter  or  a
    14  person  employed by such a camp; (iii) a school district, board of coop-
    15  erative educational services, county vocational education and  extension
    16  board, charter school, and non-public elementary and secondary school in
    17  this  state  or any person employed by any such entity, or employed by a
    18  contractor of such an entity while performing services for  the  entity;
    19  (iv) a sports, entertainment, amusement, education, government, day care
    20  or  retail  facility;  an educational institution, youth organization or
    21  sports league; an establishment that serves food; or a  person  employed
    22  by such entity; (v) a police officer or peace officer in a city, town or
    23  village  having  a  population  of  less  than  one million; (vi) forest
    24  rangers, park rangers and environmental  conservation  police  officers;
    25  [and] (vii) pre-school facilities or any person employed by such facili-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01342-01-3

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     1  ties;  and  (viii) any other person or entity designated or approved, or
     2  in a category designated or approved  pursuant  to  regulations  of  the
     3  commissioner in consultation with other appropriate agencies.
     4    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     5  have become a law.